TY - JOUR PY - 1981// TI - Proven commercial reactor types: An introduction to their principal advantages and disadvantages JO - Energy A1 - Alesso, H.P. SP - 543 EP - 554 VL - 6 IS - 6 N2 - This study deals with the principal advantages and disadvantages of the five types of proven commercial reactors. A description of each class of commercial reactor (light water, gas-cooled, and heavy water) and their proven reactors is followed by a comparison of reactor types on the basis of technical merit, economics of operation, availability of technology, and associated political issues.
LA - SN - 0360-5442 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0360-5442(81)90058-X ID - ref1 ER -